Author: Philip M. RaupPublisher:
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Category : Farm corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Nature and Extent of the Expansion of Corporations in American Agriculture
Author: Philip M. RaupPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Farm corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
A Time to Choose
Author: United States. Dept. of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Farming for Profit in a Hungry World
Author: Michael PerelmanPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780916672881
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
The Myth Of The Family Farm
Author: Ingolf VogelerPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000303705
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The ideal of the family farm has been used to justify a myriad of federal farm legislation. Land grants, the distribution of irrigation water, land-grant college research and services, farm programs, and tax laws all have been affected. Yet, asserts the author, federal legislation and practices have had an institutional bias toward large-scale farms and agribusiness and have hastened the demise of family farms. Dr. Vogeler examines the struggle between land interests in the private and public sectors and finds that the myth of the family farm has been used to obscure the dominance of agribusiness and that the corporate penetration of agriculture has in turn contributed to the plight of migrant workers, the decline of small towns, and the economic difficulties of independent farmers. Dr. Vogeler also identifies the major shortcomings of agribusiness and federal land-related laws and programs; examines the regional impact of agribusiness and federal farm programs on rural areas; and considers the role of racial minorities and women in the development of agrarian capitalism. In conclusion, he offers a structural analysis that provides the means for progressive social change and states that the achievement of economic equality in rural America and the dismantling of the corporate control of agriculture can be realized through farmer-labor alliances.
A Time to Choose
Author: United States. Department of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Gilded Age
Author: Mark TwainPublisher:
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Category : City and town life
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Role of Giant Corporations
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on MonopolyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antitrust law
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Role of Giant Corporations: Corporate secrecy: agribusiness
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on MonopolyPublisher:
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Category : Antitrust law
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Local Food Systems; Concepts, Impacts, and Issues
Author: Steve MartinezPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437933629
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
This comprehensive overview of local food systems explores alternative definitions of local food, estimates market size and reach, describes the characteristics of local consumers and producers, and examines early indications of the economic and health impacts of local food systems. Defining ¿local¿ based on marketing arrangements, such as farmers selling directly to consumers at regional farmers¿ markets or to schools, is well recognized. Statistics suggest that local food markets account for a small, but growing, share of U.S. agricultural production. For smaller farms, direct marketing to consumers accounts for a higher percentage of their sales than for larger farms. Charts and tables.
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